Tattoo ideas

49,007 photos and flash · 24% Fine line, 17% Lettering · Forearm most common

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Full arm sleeve in blackwork and dotwork geometric designs, with a dotted mandala rosette and cube patterns on the upper arm and forearm.
Blackwork and dotwork geometric arm sleeve
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a sun with eight patterned rays and three outlined stars on a person's upper back.
Sun with rays and three stars on upper back
Black blackwork tattoo of a geometric mandala pattern covering the back of a hand and fingers, with black painted nails.
Geometric mandala tattoo across the back of a hand
Tattoo of a cat face framed by a geometric mandala design across the top of a foot, with dark outlines and yellow and teal fills.
Cat face in mandala on foot
Black linework tattoo of a mandala, lotus flowers and feather-like wing shapes across an upper arm and shoulder, in a Botanical and Geometric style.
Mandala and lotus linework on upper arm
Black and grey back tattoo in realism and geometric style, with a sun face medallion at the upper back, a tree with horse-drawn chariots at the lower back and a dotted border.
Sun face, tree and chariots across a back
Close view of a small fine line tattoo of three black chevrons stacked on the outer forearm of a woman in a blue top and light denim shorts.
Three chevrons on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a bear in side profile, its body filled with stripes, scallops, triangles and dots, shown as a blackwork-style design on white paper.
Patterned bear outline in black ink
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a calf showing a flying saucer beaming up a small animal beneath mountains, pine trees and a planet inside a diamond frame.
UFO beam over mountains in a diamond frame
Black ink drawing of an ornamental big cat face filled with dotwork, linework and geometric patterns, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornamental big cat face in black ink
Pencil drawing of an ornate compass rose with a lace-edged border and mandala-style petals, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Ornate compass rose design
Hand-drawn flash design of a lace-patterned flower with dotted chains and teardrop shapes, inked in teal on cream paper.
Dotwork flower design with teardrop dangles
Black and grey dotwork moth tattoo with a geometric background, sitting on the upper arm and shoulder.
Moth with geometric background on upper arm
Black linework roses inside an overlapping triangle design with red, green and blue watercolour splashes, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Roses and triangle with watercolour splashes on forearm
Black ink compass rose with N, E, S and W points above the words Explore, Dream and Discover in script on a forearm.
Compass rose and lettering on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a tribal-style curved design filled with triangles, dots and geometric bands, shown on plain paper with no body placement visible.
Pencil sketch of a tribal curved design
Black and grey dotwork and blackwork mandala tattoo with a radial geometric pattern, placed on the back.
Dotwork and blackwork mandala on the back
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a sitting cat filled with ornamental patterns, placed on the ankle.
Patterned sitting cat tattoo on the ankle
Small black geometric diamond tattoo on the ankle of a woman wearing black suede heeled shoes.
Small geometric diamond on an ankle
Small black fine-line tattoo of two overlapping triangle outlines on the upper arm of a woman with shoulder-length auburn hair and a white top.
Two overlapping triangles on upper arm
Black ink ornamental mandala tattoo with dangling chain details across the underbust and sternum, seen in a mirror selfie.
Ornamental underbust mandala tattoo
Black ink line drawing of a circular floral wreath with mandala-style patterns and the words BE FREE in the centre, shown on white paper with no body placement.
Be free floral wreath design
Black geometric tattoo of a solid triangle with a partly dotwork circle overlapping it, on the upper arm.
Solid triangle and dotted circle on upper arm
Black line drawing of a lion head built from angular triangular facets in a geometric style, shown on a white background with no body placement visible.
Geometric lion head line drawing
Black ink drawing of a death's-head moth with skull patterns on its wings, set against red geometric lines and a single eye on its body.
Death's-head moth with skulls and red geometry
Black dotwork and geometric lotus mandala tattoo on a woman's wrist, with part of another tattoo visible on the forearm above it.
Dotwork lotus mandala on the wrist
Black and grey geometric flower of life and mandala tattoos on a raised forearm and wrist, in a dimly lit photo.
Flower of life and mandala forearm tattoo
Black ink blackwork tattoo of wavy lines and a honeycomb of hexagons running down a person's thigh and calf, seated on a pale table edge.
Blackwork honeycomb tattoo on a leg
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a globe with a watercolour world map, an arrow and a geometric crystal on the upper back.
Globe, arrow and crystal on upper back
Black geometric tattoos of a spherical triangular lattice and straight lines on the backs of both calves, shown from behind.
Geometric sphere tattoos on both calves
Black dotwork and fine line mandala tattoo with radiating petals on a lower leg, shown against a blue background.
Dotwork mandala tattoo on the calf
Black fine line snowflake tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, with French manicured nails and grass in the background.
Snowflake tattoo on an inner wrist
Black linework mandala and paisley tattoo on the side of the torso, with blue, purple and pink watercolour-style washes and drips.
Mandala and paisley linework with watercolour splashes
Woman in a white shirt wearing gold and silver metallic geometric flash tattoos, including a silver palm tree on her upper arm and bands on her wrist and forearm.
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos on arms and legs
Black ink drawing of a geometric compass rose with a mandala-style centre and cursive N, E, S and W markings, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Compass rose design drawn on paper
Black and grey geometric wolf head tattoo with dotwork detail on the inner forearm, shown on a pale arm against a white textured wall.
Geometric wolf head on a forearm
Black and grey tattoos on a man's forearms in a dark suit: a star and eye design on one arm and a realistic portrait of a woman with clouds on the other, with forearm placement.
Star, eye and portrait tattoos on forearms
Black and grey geometric mandala flash design with a central cross, star points and teardrop shapes inside a ringed border, with a script heading and paragraphs of text on the right.
Circular mandala with cross and star points
Colourful geometric tattoo on a forearm showing a snail outline over a red sun and orange triangles, with thin black linework.
Snail and sun geometric forearm tattoo
Two hands with small black finger tattoos, including a heart outline and geometric line designs, and a red rose on the back of one hand.
Finger tattoos with a rose and a heart
Black linework lotus mandala tattoo with dotwork detail on the inner forearm, shown against a wooden floor.
Lotus mandala on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with mandala-style triangles, circles and scroll motifs, drawn on cream paper as a tattoo design.
Crescent moon mandala design
Black and grey dotwork sleeve tattoo of mandalas and flower of life patterns across the upper arm and forearm, shown in a four-panel collage.
Mandala and geometric sleeve on arm
Black and grey photo of a small fine line arrow tattoo with triangular fletching on a person's upper chest, below the collarbone.
Small arrow tattoo on the upper chest
Single-colour blue linework tattoo of a geometric elephant with patterned fills and small flowers, on the upper arm.
Outlined elephant with flowers on an arm
Two views of a geometric dotwork tattoo on the outer thigh, with dotted lines, circles and a small figure in black ink with touches of blue.
Geometric dotwork thigh tattoo
Close-up of a small red and blue fine line tattoo of a flying saucer with dotwork shading on the upper arm.
Red and blue flying saucer on upper arm
Black linework geometric tattoo on a man's upper arm, with an inverted triangle, a striped circle and faceted polyhedra in a geometric style.
Geometric triangle and polyhedra on an upper arm

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Popular subjects

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